the internet makes you stupid

Resident colleague Ben links to the following article:

The Philosophical Significance of Twitter: Consciousness Outfolding

In Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings: How the Universe Makes Life, an exquisitely written and astonishingly insightful book, Richard Grossinger writes about ‘infoldedeness’, stating that “the universe is comprehensible only as a thing that has been folded many times [...]

06.17.09 | , , , , , , , , , | 2 comments

print is dead

- Egon, “Ghostbusters”

I recently wrote up a very long comment in response to this post on LiteraryGulag. It screwed up the formatting of my comment, so I am reproducing it here for posterity. Let’s see if we can’t get Sheets to show up and respond!

I find the recent lamenting over the death [...]

02.02.09 | , , , , , | 2 comments

i have been saying this for years

New Study Shows Time Spent Online Important for Teen Development

Results from the most extensive U.S. study on teens and their use of digital media show that America’s youth are developing important social and technical skills online – often in ways adults do not understand or value.

“It might surprise parents to learn that [...]

01.31.09 | , , , | 2 comments